JOANOS, Judge.
Employer and carrier contend the deputy commissioner improperly adjudicated the issue of entitlement to permanent total disability (PTD) benefits and awarded attorney's fees when the right to compensation was not controverted and the employer and carrier had voluntarily paid benefits before claimant Wooten filed his claim. We agree and vacate that portion of the order awarding PTD benefits and reverse the award of attorney's fees.
Wooten suffered...
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